Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-27

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8xnEM0LM on ExEDKAnm Pm0DuumDs
gkn FnaMuEsn0. Oct 2s.--Ths lnqussl
u Ne Bonhnynnn easo waa re11me& this
aflesnoOn. A. .Ilowengtstn, dry goods
ms1msBs waa pianca On Ne ssand and
1,ato6 that he had been infimaao wi1h
Nenhayno1 eight years and last cav him
alive on Friday niahk He further kes.
tiled that "a iaes We6needay BanhaT-
son net and told him that ffiena of
eil bed given him 8 % Peg foE . Room
6 No q ooaEy nlE1oA end that % TIE
toIlgWing deg bsnhaBson told hin he
ha4 engaged 9ho rosa.
AZ the witness laft TIE stand Hrs.
6lE1oes tendiaog Of the ho11e. ideati-
led him e he second man Who bad
called a. her house ID eae nbuul renEin9
she room, and wAo he'd paid her g.
L,oDengtBln Wag recalled and positive
~ denied hnyinR rented fh1 room. bat
Afterwards admit1ed that ho bad called
a. the house laat week 10 COS twp lA6iss
WHO Lived &hoge. 89 wna Umnhia 20 give
the names Of The ladies o. she name ef
she fEiend whom ho said was with him
&c she 1ims.
asA Hiqaon sfaisd thaa hsr idsntih-
eHtion was ooEEeos, ard e tho oonoln-
den of Ne eeaBien lhin afteEnnon both
LoBonssein and uenmie. Who MFs.l
8lason s1Aiod VS. lho Arat mna who
eellsd nbsue noon, wsEe taken b cns-
so1y.
AZ ths eeanine s,ssion IBans Z. Levy
and 0hn8 8. Heari1 Of The fancy dry
apodg store on Koarnoy nlEaei, uheHe b.
ksowsnsigln b enploged, tastl6ed as 10
tka latkaE,a hah1fa.
MH. Sophia Keitxke. Who has charge
Of The lodging house nt 601 0sagy STREET |
wheFe Bonhaygon lived, testified at
length aa 10 Lowunatein, Benhaygnn and
one Hoyer, the man from Milwaukee,
whose name has been mentioned In
connection with Benhayssn'n death
No important information was ELECTED.
Dr.. 6chWaxz 6child, the dsnfist with
whom Benhayson was IN Q measure a. |
soeiaied, was being closely examined |
especially aa 70 BenhaYs0n'a actions on
last Saturday, when Oaptain Of Police
Lees stepped into the room and said
thas be he'd very important information
70 communioate. He then took The
stand and said, n sabBlanee. that be /
had tust eompleted line Of invssfiQa- !
ten which vas snfHeient IN his mind 70 /
hold O. DommiR, Who has 90 far /
figured IN the case as mysterious book /
agent, for the murder Of Banhayson.
Tha oouFt-so0m ae this besnnno almoet |
iEnpsessively silent.
Captain Lees, continuing, said be had /
aseertained that for several weeks past |
Demmig has made fFeQuent calls "a the /
county tail and heid conversations with |
Bowers. DemmiR'g wife, who wac once |
In the family Of Bowers, vas also Q fire.
uaens caller. This evening Oaplain
Lees FecafVed q visit from w. w. la
esy, vho oWns ths drug store on the /
corner of OiEARroll aDd TAYLOR sireata
Lacey stated that from what be had
sead IN the papers be had come 10 /
the e0nolnaion that e was be Who had !
indirsstly furnished The eyanida Of |
potassium fhaa eaused Benhayeonss
death and that TIE person who obtained
The poison was Demmtg.
The circumstances were as follows:
About 10 daya eincs Demmia called al /
the DRUG store and represented himself
as dealer In art matsrinls, bat who a.
90 n oE was connected with another
drug store In the city. DnmmiG called
several times thorea1teR, and at one
time stated he would lire q amalI
amount Of cyanide of puiansum
with which, a. be promised, 70
Femsve certain spota % nitrate Of
silver on bis body. Lacey, snpposinR
DsDmia was 9 dFugaist freely lst him
have the potassium. Tha poison Us
nos sold. u Waa given 20 DemmiR.
After this informaiion wan eeosigea
Oaptain Lees took Demmig up 10 see
Lacey and he latter - onoe identiaed
him e. the man 70 whom be had afvea
ths poison. Demmia aftsfward con
sssssd thai be haa obtained poison Of
Laosy.
Josn A. Demmia was among thoss
piaoea o. the stand. he eonfsased
that be ebanAne6 oyanide q pstaasium
Of Lsaeay, b1t 10 be ussd - stassd, DO
remove apo1s Of nitrate 0f silver from
his body. He persigIanaly deniad any
oennsstion wilh BsnhAYson'a teath.
WV. Laesy was called. and cave ths
fncts as before meutionod. After some
further examinntions the tnQuege wnD
eunainned until tonoFroW.
HenrY BsnhayB0n VS. buried too1g
d ihe home place eemetesy wilh Jswtsh
rilas. Rsg. Dr.. Mssziax dsiiEesed .
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